The real and imagined harmful effects of rewards: Implications for clinical practice

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-113

  Reitman, David ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviorism; Intrinsic motivation; Psychotherapy; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REWARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031692490     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(98)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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